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A Quick Reminder To Myself

The past is a funny thing.

At one point, it was the present.

It was the moment we weren't living in,

it was the minutes that fell off the clock like wilted flower petals

as reminders of precious time we'd never get back,

it was the sun streaking across the sky

like the shooting star falling towards the earth

that you never got to wish upon.

But we dwell on it as though it's something we can change.

As though we are capable of wrapping our hands

around those of the grand-father clock and turning them back,

as though we can glue the fallen petals back onto flowers,

as though we can reset the sun to the morning.

But the present, is a beautiful thing.

Because we are currently watching the clock ticking,

and the flowers blooming before wilting,

and the sun shining in the middle of the afternoon.

The present is the moment we are living in.

So stop dwelling on lost time,

And live in it.

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asphyxiophilia
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Aug 8, 2013
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